声东击西 Chinese English dictionary 声东击西 translate 声东击西 pinyin

声东击西

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
声东击西 shēngdōngjīxī	声东击西 \| 声东击西* \| *声东击西	to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom) / to create a diversion	聲東擊西

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
声	声 \| 声* \| *声	7画士 + 4	shēng	sound, voice, noise; tone; music	sing1	聲 4027.7 GAH


东	东 \| 东* \| *东	5画一 + 4	dōng	east, eastern, eastward	dung1	東 4090 KD


击	击 \| 击* \| *击	5画凵 + 3	jí, jī	strike, hit, beat; attack, fight	gik1	擊 5077 QU


西	西 \| 西* \| *西	6画襾西覀 + 0	xī	west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146	sai1	1060.0 MCW

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Simplified		English Definition
声东击西 shēngdōngjīxī	声东击西 \| 声东击西* \| *声东击西	to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom) / to create a diversion


声 shēng	声 \| 声* \| *声	sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds


东　Dōng	东 \| 东* \| *东	surname Dong


东　dōng	东 \| 东* \| *东	east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord


击　　jī	击 \| 击* \| *击	to hit / to strike / to break / Taiwan pr. [ji2]


西　　　Xī	西 \| 西* \| *西	the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙 / Spanish


西　　　xī	西 \| 西* \| *西	west